The CEO of a United States-based home care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport by American authorities for defrauding the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) of over $7 million.
In a statement by the Department of Justice, Mr. Luke was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday while he was about to board a flight to Nigeria.
The statement reads, “The CEO of a Fresno-based home health care company was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Nigeria.
” He is charged in a criminal complaint alleging that he fraudulently obtained more than $7 million in payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs for services that were never actually rendered, including care purportedly rendered to veterans weeks after they had died, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
